Baltimore (AP)- The NFL will examine the allegations that the Baltimore Ravens Justin Tucker’s Ravens behaved inappropriately towards the massage therapists in four spas of well-being in the Baltimore region, said a carrier Word of the League.
The Baltimore banner detailed the accusations in a long report THURSDAY. The newspaper said that he had spoken to six massage therapists who told first -hand experiences with Tucker from 2012 to 2016. Several therapists said they had ended Tucker sessions early or refused to work on him, and The managers of two spas said they had forbidden it to come back.
“We first learned about the allegations of the journalist investigating this story because they were not previously shared with the NFL,” said the spokesman for the League, Brian McCarthy, in a statement. “We take all allegation seriously and examine the question.”
Tucker is accused of having exposed his genitals, of brushing two therapists with his exposed penis and of letting what they believed to be sperm on the massage table after three treatments, according to the banner.
Tucker published a statement on social networks Call the allegations about it in the history of the “unequivocal” banner.
“By accusing me of misconduct, the article takes harmless or ambiguous interactions and kiss them in a proportion, they are no longer recognizable, and it presents vague innuendo as a fact,” he said.
Tucker, 35, has just finished his 13th season in the NFL, all with the Ravens. He reached celebrity both on a league scale and among Baltimore fans in a rare way for a botter, and his basket of 66 yards in 2021 remains the longest kick in the history of The League.
In 2022, Tucker accepted an extension of a four -year contract throughout the 2027 season. This agreement included $ 17.5 million guaranteed.
“We are aware of the story of Baltimore Banner about Justin Tucker as well as his answer,” said a spokesperson for Ravens. “We take seriously all allegation of this nature and will continue to monitor the situation.”
According to the banner, a representative of the SPA channel, Ojas, said that Tucker had been “immediately terminated as a customer” in 2014 after “a massage therapist reported an incident that took place during a massage therapy session With Justin Tucker “. The owners of Studio 921, which is now closed, said through a lawyer that they “took immediate and decisive measures to prohibit this person from our companies and services to ensure a safe environment for all” .
In his answer, Tucker said: “I have never received complaints from a massage therapist, I have never been dismissed from massage therapy or bodywork therapy, and I have never been informed that I ‘was not welcome in any spa or other place of business. “”
The allegations have similarities with the unrelated accusations against another NFL player, the quarter-back Deshaun Watson. More than two dozen women accused Watson of sexual assault and harassment during massage therapy sessions while he was playing for Houston. After being exchanged at the Browns of Cleveland, Watson missed the first 11 games of the 2022 season after an independent referee determined that he had raped the personal conduct of the League.
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